いらっしゃいませ
Japanese
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Etymology
いらっしゃい (irasshai, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative”) of the honorific verb irassharu) + ませ (mase, the 命令形 (meireikei, “imperative”) of formal suffix masu)
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) いらっしゃいませ [ìrássháímáꜜsè] (Nakadaka – [6])[1]
- IPA(key): [iɾa̠ɕːa̠ima̠se̞]
Interjection
いらっしゃいませ (rōmaji irasshaimase)
- welcome
- please come on in
Usage notes
- Used by a store person to greet a customer, similarly to "hello, may I help you?"
Related terms
- ようこそ (yōkoso)
- いらっしゃる (irassharu)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN